Woman pleads guilty to bomb threat to Tucson airport

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- A New York woman has pleaded guilty to phoning in a
false bomb threat to Tucson International Airport on Sept. 11, 2011.

Prosecutors said Mary Purcell admitted calling the airport because her
mother and brother were scheduled to take a Southwest Airlines flight that day.
She said she feared for their safety on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist
attacks.

Newsday reported Purcell admitted making the call during
a court proceeding last week in federal court on Long Island.

After the call, Tucson bomb squad officers searched luggage for traces of
explosives, and searched the plane with police dogs.

No bomb was found.

FBI agents on Long Island arrested Purcell days later. She faces up to 10 years
in prison.